You certainly get more that you bargained for with this book. After marrying Angie has moved to Cuthford manor bring her siblings a neighbour with her. Angie has many choices to make when tragedy strikes, will she make the right ones!
Her mother-in-law Evelyn has a grudge against Angie, mainly due to the fact that she sees herself as Lady of the manor and sets out to make Angie feel that she doesn’t belong. There is more trouble lurking in the depths!
I love the way it depicts the running of the house, village life and descriptions of the unfolding of Bethany Browne’s life, adding some mystery to the story. I admit to a soft spot for Lloyd. I enjoy a book that makes you go away and check out some of the historical facts mentioned, in this case the 1947Polish Resettlement Act which was very interesting.. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ doesn’t do it justice.
I do hope there will be another book following a character from the shipyard girls.

Another great book from Nancy Revell. A nod to the Shipyard Girls this book follows Angie who has married Quentin and along with her siblings and neighbour moves to Cuthford Manor the family home of her husband. However although Angie is happy with the birth of her daughter she is destroyed with the sudden death of her husband. The storyline follows Angie and the household as they try and rebuild their lives. An excellent storyline with great characters. Thanks to Nancy and her publisher. Thanks also to NetGalley.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishing team for allowing me to read the preview copy of this book.

Nancy Revell's Shipyard series was one of the best series of books I have read and I was looking forward to this spin off. Sadly I found myself a bit disappointed.

The book was well written as always done by Nancy but I felt there was not enough happiness in the book. After the Shipyard series this book jumps on a few years and we miss out on the start of Angie and Quentin's life. There is no doubt they were happy years and I feel it would have been better to start the book with at least some of this time. Without spoiling the book for others disaster and unhappiness strikes very early in the book and this theme continues until the very last couple of chapters. I read before going to bed on a night and found myself miserable and anxious on turning off the light as there had been very little happiness in what I had read.

It was lovely for some of the Shipyard characters to get mentions but again it would have been nice to pull them in a bit more and I felt there were several openings where this could have fit well.

I do hope Nancy will write more and hope for more happy times in future books!

The Widows Choice by Nancy Revell

When Angie marries her sweetheart Quentin and moves into Cuthford Manor to begin their new life together, she feels like the luckiest woman in the world.

But Quentin falls victim to a tragic accident and Angie's life is left devastated. Now, along with the prospect of rebuilding her life, she is faced with an impossible choice that will have far-reaching consequences for herself and those she loves most.
This author is the queen of writing this genre !
All her characters are well constructed and the plot fits the era perfectly.
I was really invested in finding out Angie' s future and those around her.
Brilliant story.

Fantastic new book from Nancy Revell. Catching up with the shipyard girls. Wonderful to hear how they are all getting on post war. This book focuses on Angie and her gaggle of siblings with the addition of her own daughter.
Living in her husband’s manor life is good but tragedy isn’t far away. How will Angie cope with all the children dependent on her added with her feelings of not being enough her mother in law dosnt help.
Great to catch up with the girls and hope further books to b written about the rest of them.
Devoured this book in one sitting and was sorry to finish it!
Highly recommended

An unforgettable story of choices.
Cuthford Manor, County Durham, 1949.
Angie Foxton-Clarke marriage to her darling Quentin leaves her a young widow and mother, when a terrible accident at the stables in the grounds, leaves her life about to change dramatically.
A mother is law Evelyn who sees her as nothing more than common welder woman after a wartime job at Thompsons Sunderland and a miners daughter, she is left alone to look after her daughter Connie and her brothers and sisters with the help of all the staff and her friends, could she stay and run Cuthford Manor? Whatever she decides for all their future is down to her will she make the right decisions?
This book takes us into a truly amazing strong willed woman's life coping with the ups, as well as the downs with a few hidden cobwebs.
I absolutely loved this book and so didn't want it to end, It's such a good start to I hope will be more in the series of shipyard girls of Sunderland, and what life after the war takes them on their next journey in life ahead.
remarkable story, touching and unputdownable from the start to the end. 5 stars.

Firstly thank you Netgalley for this Arc

Wow what can I say I thought the shipyard Series was brilliant but this on par

Family saga at its best can’t wait to read more by this author